Water Board deputy GM caught taking bribe

HYDERABAD: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Monday caught a deputy general manager (DGM) of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) while he was taking a bribe of Rs 1,500 to sanction a domestic water connection.

HMWS&SB's Uppal section deputy GM K Narendra was caught red-handed at his office at Beerappagadda in Uppal at around 12.30 pm when he demanded and accepted Rs 1,500 from the complainant, T Devi Reddy, a builder.

Police recovered the tainted amount from the shirt pocket of the official. Chemical test conducted on his hands and the shirt yielded positive results. The official was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act and he would be produced before the ACB special court on Tuesday.